Northern News Services Explained

NNSL Media.
Foundation:Yellowknife, Northwest Territories (1972)
Type:Private
Location City:Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Location Country:Canada
Locations:1 main office, 5 news bureaus:
Inuvik, Hay River, Fort Simpson, Rankin Inlet, Iqaluit
Area Served:Northwest Territories, Nunavut
Key People:J.W. (Sig) Sigvaldason (Founder)
Bruce Valpy (Publisher)
Industry:Publishing
Products:Newspapers
Owner:Black Press
Num Employees:60 (2007)
Homepage:Northern News Services

NNSL Media (Northern News Services LTD) is a news and media company based in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. It is one of the few remaining independent newspaper companies in Canada, producing all-original content with little to no reliance on syndicated news. NNSL publishes seven different papers weekly: Kivalliq News, Inuvik Drum, Yellowknifer (Wednesday and Friday editions), News/North (Northwest Territories News/North and Nunavut News/North).

In March 2017, NNSL Media ceased publication of the weekly the Deh Cho Drum newspaper after 23 years.[1]

In March 2021, Black Press, a Canadian publisher of over 170 newspapers in Canada and the United States, purchased NNSL.[2] According to a report, NNSL had been on sale for over a year.[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Thomson . Jimmy . 2013-03-29 . After 23 years, N.W.T.'s Deh Cho Drum newspaper suspends publication . CBC . 2023-03-25.
  2. Web site: 2021-03-11 . Black Press Media acquires Northern News Services papers in NWT and Nunavut . 2022-09-11 . Yukon News . en-US.
  3. Web site: Black Press in negotiations to take over NNSL papers. February 2, 2021. February 2, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210202143635/https://cabinradio.ca/54856/news/arts/black-press-in-negotiations-to-take-over-nnsl-papers/ . February 2, 2021. live.